"For today's shoot in the square, keep the makeup light. The sun is quite strong," said the assistant director of the drama as he pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing Sister Wang applying makeup on Lu Zhihang, he spoke up.
Sister Wang looked up, nodded and replied, "Sure. Little Lu doesn't really need much makeup on his face anyway. It'll be done soon."
The assistant director nodded and sat down on the chair beside.
With his face being handled, Lu Zhihang couldn't turn his head, so he just greeted the assistant director verbally.
The assistant director smiled and responded. Then, after a moment of silence, he said, "Little Lu, don't take yesterday's incident too much to heart. We all know your character and won't care about it."
Lu Zhihang gave an affirmative sound and said with a smile, "I'm not bothered. No matter how the situation on Weibo is, the drama still has to be filmed. I won't let personal feelings affect my acting. Director Yang, you can rest assured."
The assistant director nodded and then stood up, saying, "Okay then. Director Liu will come over later to discuss the plot with you."
"Okay. Take your time," Lu Zhihang nodded and replied.
"The investor seems to be putting pressure on the crew," Sister Wang said in a hushed voice after Director Yang left, looking at the closed dressing room.
Lu Zhihang let out a snort and said, "It's quite normal. After all, everyone knows my current reputation. It's normal for the investor to worry about the ratings."
Sister Wang responded and showed a worried look, but didn't continue.
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Soon after discussing the plot with the director, Lu Zhihang followed Director Liu out of the dressing room. Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped out, they ran into Zuo Yang, the other protagonist of the hot search.
The director's steps suddenly halted, and his expression was a bit tense. He was afraid that Lu Zhihang would get overly emotional after seeing Zuo Yang. It would be bad if he did something he shouldn't. Naturally, Lu Zhihang also saw Zuo Yang coming towards them. He couldn't help but squint his eyes, and his facial features tightened slightly for a moment, but then quickly relaxed.
Zuo Yang had his head down and didn't see the director and Lu Zhihang in front of him.
Director Liu silently prayed in his heart, hoping that Zuo Yang wouldn't look up. But while he was concerned about Zuo Yang, he forgot about Lu Zhihang, who was not afraid of causing trouble.
Hearing Lu Zhihang take a light breath, his tone filled with a bit of amusement, "Yo, Brother Yang, what are you doing here?"
Zuo Yang was startled when he heard this. He suddenly stopped and looked up. The moment he saw Lu Zhihang, his expression stiffened.
But Lu Zhihang had already bypassed Director Liu and stepped forward to put his arm around Zuo Yang's.
"Brother Yang, you're not avoiding me because of what happened on Weibo, are you? Look, your face is so stiff. This wasn't your doing. I don't blame you," Lu Zhihang said with a smile. His interaction with Zuo Yang seemed very intimate. If it weren't for those who were familiar with them, they probably wouldn't have noticed that the relationship between these two was just lukewarm yesterday.
Zuo Yang's expression was obviously a bit strange, and even Director Liu was stunned by this scene. For a moment, neither of them knew how to react.
At this moment, Director Liu probably had the same thought as Zuo Yang for the first time: "What on earth is this guy Lu up to?"
"Brother Yang, why aren't you saying anything? Are you really angry?" Lu Zhihang showed great enthusiasm, and there was a warm smile on his face when he spoke.
Zuo Yang looked a bit embarrassed. After a while, he pushed away Lu Zhihang's hand and said, "Well, I, I still have something to do. I'll leave first." Then he fled as if he was running for his life.
Director Liu was stunned for a while before walking up. Looking at Lu Zhihang, who was smiling and watching Zuo Yang leave, he asked, "What are you doing?"
"Oh, nothing. Just showing my goodwill towards Brother Yang," Lu Zhihang withdrew his gaze, took out a handkerchief nonchalantly, carefully wiped his fingers, and replied with a smile casually.
At this time, his phone in his pocket rang softly. The smile on Lu Zhihang's lips deepened.
"Let's go, Director Liu," he casually threw the handkerchief into the trash can and said with a smile.
"Ah? Oh, okay, let's go," Director Liu then came to his senses and said in a hurry.
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Back in his lounge, Zuo Yang saw his assistant Liu Lin sitting on the sofa, checking his phone. He collapsed on the sofa as if he was completely drained.
Liu Lin looked up, raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zuo Yang waved his hand and said weakly, "Don't even mention it. I just saw that guy Lu outside."
Hearing this, Liu Lin stopped looking at his phone and turned to look carefully at Zuo Yang's face. He raised his eyebrows and said, "What, did he hit you?"
"No, how could that be!" Zuo Yang sat up and said loudly, "He dares to hit me!"
"If he didn't hit you, then what's wrong with you?" Liu Lin raised his eyebrows and said.
"Nothing much," Zuo Yang hesitated for a moment. Thinking of what happened when he saw Lu Zhihang in the corridor, he couldn't help but shiver and said, "Is that kid crazy? He actually came up and put his arm around my shoulder just now. It really scared me!"
"What?" Liu Lin was completely taken aback and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Zuo Yang had to tell Liu Lin in detail what had happened when they met in the corridor.
Liu Lin immediately frowned and said, "Why did he suddenly do that?"
"How would I know? That kid must be crazy!" Zuo Yang's reaction was a bit intense, and his whole face was full of confusion.
Liu Lin pursed his lips and didn't say a word. He frowned and fell into deep thought.
"Could that kid have found out what I did yesterday and is deliberately trying to get something out of me?" Zuo Yang suddenly shuddered as if he had thought of something.
Liu Lin looked at him with a complicated expression and didn't say a word.
Zuo Yang felt uncomfortable being stared at and glared at him, saying, "What? Am I wrong?"
"He's not that stupid. It won't be that simple. You should be more careful recently," Liu Lin said.
Zuo Yang thought for a while and nodded to show that he understood.
"Okay. You don't have any more scenes later. Let's go back first," Liu Lin stood up from the sofa, picked up Zuo Yang's coat and said in a low voice.
Zuo Yang nodded and followed Liu Lin back home.
It was already early morning when Lu Zhihang finished filming. Exhausted, he got into the nanny car. He rubbed his temples and turned on his phone.
There were several unread messages on his phone, all marked as "Big Brother".
Wang Wei, who was sitting in the passenger seat at this time, handed his phone over. Lu Zhihang was a bit confused and looked at him, asking, "What's this?"
"Take a look. I shot it," Wang Wei didn't elaborate but just waved his phone.
Lu Zhihang took the phone and lit up the screen. Only then did he find that it was a video of himself chatting and walking arm - in - arm with Zuo Yang in the corridor today.
The video was very clear. It was obvious that it was taken secretly from a corner. Since it was in the corridor, the sound recording was also very good. You could clearly hear Lu Zhihang's voice, and the scene of Zuo Yang pushing Lu Zhihang away later was also captured very clearly.
"How about it?" Wang Wei said a bit proudly.
"En, it's quite good," Lu Zhihang stroked his chin and smiled. "What were you doing there at that time? I remember you left early, right?"
Wang Wei snorted twice and said, "It was all for you. I originally came back to keep an eye on you. Unexpectedly, I just happened to run into this and recorded it. How about using this to issue a statement?"
Lu Zhihang pondered for a moment and then shook his head with a smile, "Not for now. Brother, send the video to me. I'll keep it for future use."
Wang Wei didn't say much and then sent the video to Lu Zhihang.